{"id":30197,"date":"2019-02-26T12:52:59","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T11:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=30197"},"modified":"2019-02-26T12:52:59","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T11:52:59","slug":"election-update-2019-exercise-restraint-un-au-ecowas-tell-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/election-update-2019-exercise-restraint-un-au-ecowas-tell-parties\/","title":{"rendered":"Election Update 2019: Exercise Restraint, UN, AU, ECOWAS Tell Parties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations, African Union and ECOWAS have urged political parties to exercise restraint as the Independent National Electoral Commission announces the results of the presidential and National Assembly elections.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement by the international bodies made available on Tuesday by the ECOWAS Commission, they also urged candidates to continue to exercise patience for the complete results.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe attention of the ECOWAS, AU and the UN has been drawn to the rejection of the results of the presidential election of Feb.23, 2019 by one of the participating political parties, even as they are still in the process of being released.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cECOWAS, AU and the UN call on all candidates, political parties and indeed all Nigerians to continue to exercise patience, calm and restraint, in order to allow for the full results of the election to be released by INEC.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>They further encouraged aggrieved parties and persons to resort to legal means to seek redress, in accordance with the Constitution and relevant laws, as agreed in the Peace Accord of Feb. 13.<\/p>\n<p>(NAN)<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations, African Union and ECOWAS have urged political parties to exercise restraint as the Independent National Electoral Commission announces the results of the presidential and National Assembly elections. 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